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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-11 06:33 PM
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That English Fox is in deep trouble - lobbyists!
Cameron and his corrupt friends hae been in power how long again?
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/09/liam-fox-meeting-lobbyists-werritty-boulter
Political lobbyists were paid thousands of pounds to help a Dubai-based businessman arrange a secretive meeting with Liam Fox, which the defence secretary claims came about only after a chance meeting in a restaurant.

Invoices seen by the Guardian show that Harvey Boulter, the private equity boss at the heart of the growing controversy engulfing Fox, was paying £10,000 a month to lobbyists for help that included brokering the meeting with Fox through Adam Werritty, who claimed to be an "adviser to the Rt Hon Dr Fox MP".

This latest revelation comes as Fox finally admitted on Sunday that it had been "wrong" for him to meet Boulter, a commercial partner of the Ministry of Defence, in Dubai's five-star Shangri-la hotel without any officials present.

"I accept that it was a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend," he said. "I am sorry for this."
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Bye Bye Liam and take Cameron with you.

Fox's apology to the prime minister came two months after the Guardian first asked him to explain his relationship with Werritty, who appears to have been operating in Fox's shadow for a decade.

David Cameron and Fox spoke on the phone on Sunday morning following a fresh slew of allegations that Fox had allowed Werritty to accompany him on official visits.

No 10 stressed that the prime minister did not want to lose his defence secretary and would do what he could to keep him in place.
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